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Kleinia odora

Kleinia odora
Photo: timharris, CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
NE. & E. Trop. Africa, Arabian Pen.
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Kleinia odora is found in Ethiopia, Somalia, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. It is distinguished by having succulent stems or leaves. It is common in low dry hills along coastal plains. It forms large clumps bearing dense clusters of cream or whitish flowers on the tips of the pencil-like stems.

Uses

Kleinia odora and other triterpenoids contain many properties that allow them to be particularly useful in biological and pharmacological activities. Those properties are used to aid in such activities that are antitumour, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, anti-diabetic, and anti-protozoal.

Other Kleinia plants

Kleinia amaniensis · Coral Ragwort · Kleinia galpinii · Kleinia implexa · Kleinia madagascariensis · Canary Islands Candle Plant · Creeping Jade · Kleinia scottii · Kleinia stapeliiformis · Kleinia · Senecio barbertonicus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kleinia odora by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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